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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 10:40:44 UTC Bernie

   Browsing through my collection of 3.5" floppy disks...

   #amiga #retrocomputing

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 10:46:09 UTC Bernie

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     This is the original Workbench 3.0 disk set which came with my Amiga 4000.

     I couldn't find the user manuals, which were probably in Italian :-(

     #amiga #retrocomputing

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 10:56:11 UTC Bernie

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     Magic User Interface (MUI) was an advanced GUI library with fully resizable layout and advanced theming. Similar features came to Windows and MacOS several years later.

     #amiga #retrocomputing

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 11:04:40 UTC Bernie

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     You could use MUI for free, but customizing the appearance required paying a shareware fee (or a crack).

     I registered MUI and many other shareware tools even when I was still a student because I believed in supporting the ecosystem of freelance Amiga developers :amiga:

     #amiga #retrocomputing

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 11:26:57 UTC Bernie

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     Directory Opus, an awesome file manager, progressed from shareware to boxed commercial software. The author was Jonathan Potter, an Australian developer.

     Directory Opus 5 could fully replace the old and slow Workbench interface.

     #amiga #amigaos #retrocomputing

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 17:52:50 UTC Bernie

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     • dirk dierickx

     @dirkdierickx Yeah, the complete UI redesign was also hard for me to get used to.

     I stopped using dopus4 after I configured dopus5 to open new lister windows by just double-clicking on an empty area of the workbench screen.

     I wish it had a way to "bind" two listers side by side, to sort of recreate the dopus4 experience. I would usually arrange two windows this way.

   • dirk dierickx (dirkdierickx@mastodon-belgium.be)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 17:52:51 UTC dirk dierickx

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     @codewiz never could get used to v5, while I loved the previous releases with their dual pane and buttons on the bottom. Still using that version, and it has been open sourced several years back.

   • dirk dierickx (dirkdierickx@mastodon-belgium.be)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 17:54:55 UTC dirk dierickx

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     • Béryl

     @beryl_david @codewiz nice one! Looks great for a lightweight fm/de, perfect for a raspi etc.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 17:54:55 UTC Bernie

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     • dirk dierickx
     • Béryl

     @dirkdierickx @beryl_david And it's still actively developed! I'll try it out.

   • Béryl (beryl_david@mastodon.zaclys.com)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 17:55:09 UTC Béryl

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     • dirk dierickx

     @dirkdierickx @codewiz
     Using Directory Opus 4 on Linux with Worker!
     http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2023 09:01:44 UTC Bernie

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     • Stéphane Anquetil

     @sleuthgames But I was strictly referring to the Workbench file management interface: slow at loading icons one at a time, no docks to launch apps, blocking file copying, limited options for selecting files... This is why alternative file managers were created.

   • Stéphane Anquetil (sleuthgames@ludosphere.fr)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2023 09:01:47 UTC Stéphane Anquetil

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     @codewiz Workbench 2.0+ was never old and slow. It was the best OS I ever use. It was easy to customize in any aspect with tons of Arexx, freeware and shareware. Just need an hardrive and some Fast ram. DirOpus was a nice software but it's just a specific way to customize the Amiga experience.